I Was a Male War Bride

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I Was a Male War Bride

Directed by	Howard Hawks
Produced by	Sol C. Siegel
Written by	Henri Rochard, Charles Lederer, Leonard Spigelgass, Hagar Wilde
Starring	Cary Grant Ann Sheridan
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	August 19, 1949
Running time	105 min.
Language	English
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I Was a Male War Bride is a 1949 comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan. The film is the story of French army officer Henri Rochard (Grant) who must pass as a war bride in order to go back to the United States with Women's Army Corps officer Catherine Gates (Sheridan). The film is noted as being a low key screwball comedy with a famous final sequence featuring Cary Grant impersonating a female Army nurse.

Most of the movie was shot on location in Germany and most of the cast were plagued by illness. During filming, Grant suffered from hepatitis.

v • d • e Films directed by Howard Hawks

1920s	The Road to Glory • Fig Leaves • The Cradle Snatchers • Paid to Love • A Girl in Every Port • Fazil • The Air Circus • Trent's Last Case

1930s	The Dawn Patrol • The Criminal Code • La Foule hurle • Scarface • The Crowd Roars • Tiger Shark • Today We Live • The Prizefighter and the Lady • Viva Villa! • Twentieth Century • Barbary Coast • Ceiling Zero • Sutter's Gold • The Road to Glory • Come and Get It • Bringing Up Baby • Only Angels Have Wings

1940s	His Girl Friday • Sergeant York • Ball of Fire • Air Force • The Outlaw • To Have and Have Not • The Big Sleep • Red River • A Song Is Born • I Was a Male War Bride

1950s	The Thing from Another World • The Big Sky • Monkey Business • O. Henry's Full House • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes • Land of the Pharaohs • Rio Bravo

1960s-1970s	Hatari! • Man's Favorite Sport? • Red Line 7000 • El Dorado • Rio Lobo